Hezbollah Fire From Church Kills 27-Year-Old IDF Major, Raising Lebanon Ceasefire Toll to 10
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Updated · The Jerusalem Post · May 20
Hezbollah Fire From Church Kills 27-Year-Old IDF Major, Raising Lebanon Ceasefire Toll to 10
7 articles · Updated · The Jerusalem Post · May 20
Maj. Itamar Sapir, 27, deputy commander of a company in Battalion 7008, was killed Tuesday morning during operations in southern Lebanon, the IDF said.
Hezbollah fighters fired from a church toward Israeli troops in the area, according to N12, making Sapir the 10th Israeli soldier killed in Lebanon since the current ceasefire began.
Sapir, from Eli, left behind a wife and a one-and-a-half-year-old son; former prime minister Naftali Bennett and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly mourned him.
The death follows two other recent combat losses in southern Lebanon: Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati, 24, on Saturday and Staff-Sgt. Negev Dagan, 20, on Friday.
With a ceasefire in effect, why is the war in Lebanon escalating with thousands of casualties and a deeper invasion?
With its Syrian ally gone, how is Hezbollah sustaining its high-tech drone and missile attacks against the Israeli army?
Can Israel’s ‘scorched-earth’ policy create a secure border, or does it guarantee future conflict with a displaced population?